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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal Network Development Engineer - **Company:** Oracle - **Location:** Santa Fe, NM, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $102,300.0 - $209,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Border Gateway Protocol, Computer Programming, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, Domain Name System (DNS), Firmware, IPv4, IPv6, Virtual Private Networks (VPN), Multi-protocol Systems, Python (Programming Language), Network Troubleshooting, Network Layer, Netconf, Network Model, Network Monitoring, Network Protocols, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Remote Direct Memory Access, Software Engineering, TCP/IP, Transmission Control Protocol (TCP), Scripting, Transport Layer Security, Computer Network Operations, Open Network Automation Platform - **Published:** August 7, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/00000000glzn1r ## About the Role + Bachelor's degree in CS or related engineering field with 6+ years of Network Engineering experience or master's with 5+ years of Network Engineering experience + Experience working in a large ISP or cloud provider environment. Experience in RDMA Networking is a plus. + Experience working in a network operations role. + Folks with strong knowledge of protocols such as MPLS, BGP/OSPF/IS-IS, TCP, IPv4, IPv6, DNS, and DHCP. Also, VxLAN and EVPN will be an added advantage. + Extensive experience with scripting or automation and data center design - Python preferred but must demonstrate expertise in scripting or compiled language. + Experience with networking protocols such as TCP/IP, VPN, DNS, DHCP, and SSL. + Experience with network monitoring and telemetry solutions. + Experience with network modeling and programming - YANG, OpenConfig, NETCONF. + Ability to use professional concepts and company objectives to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways. Capable of working under limited supervision. + Excellent organizational, verbal, and written communication skills. + Excellent judgment in influencing product roadmap direction, features, and priorities. + Participate in an on-call rotation. ## Description + Collaborate with program/project managers to develop milestones and deliverables. + Will primarily use existing procedures and tools to develop and safely execute network change. However, may have to develop new procedures from time to time. + Develop solutions to enable front line support teams to act on network failure conditions. + Mentor junior engineers. + Participates in network solution and architecture design process and contribute to the roadmap's development. + Participate in operational rotations as either primary or secondary. + Provide break-fix support for events. Serve as the escalation point for event remediation. Lead post-event root cause analysis. + Frequently develops scripts to automate routine tasks for team and business units. + Coordinate with networking automation services for the development and integration of support tooling. + Coordinate with network monitoring to gather telemetry and create alerts rules using them. + Build dashboards to represent data at various network layers and device roles that help identify network issues, anomalies. + Serves as SME on software development projects for network automation and network monitoring. + Collaborate with network vendor technical account team and internal Quality Assurance team to drive bug resolution and assist in the qualification of new firmware and/or operating systems. + Tackles complex technical challenges with creative solutions, balancing both immediate and long-term considerations to drive business and product outcomes. + Leads by example, providing technical leadership and mentorship to peers, while influencing cross-functional teams through collaboration and clear communication. + Takes end-to-end responsibility for key technical initiatives and projects, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery. + Able to adapt to changing technology and find new approaches to existing challenges. 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